Multiple Choice
Parents are often puzzled when a child fails to show appropriate behaviours despite scolding and punishment for inappropriate behaviours.Why are operant conditioning experts not surprised?
A) Punishment is rarely effective in suppressing inappropriate behaviour.
B) The parents have failed to reinforce the desired behaviour.
C) The child has been negatively reinforced.
D) Positive reinforcement is the only condition that will modify the strength of a response.
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